The platform vessel of the Brazilian oil giant Petrobras, will operate in module 6 of Búzios, the largest asset in deep waters in the world!

Good news for Brazilian shipbuilding! The Brazilian oil giant Petrobras announced last night, in a fact relevant to the market, the start of production in Brazil of the production modules of the P-78 platform, at the Brasfels shipyard, in Angra dos Reis (RJ).

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According to the state-owned company's announcement, the modules are units responsible for processing oil, gas and water and comprise, along with the hull, the utilities and the flare, the whole structure of such a floating platform. This stage of the work foresees the simultaneous manufacture of ten modules, out of the 21 foreseen for the P-78, and should be completed in about 20 months.

The construction of the other modules, the hull and the integration of Petrobras' P-78 platform will be carried out in China, South Korea and Singapore

The construction of the other modules, the hull and the integration will be carried out in China, South Korea and Singapore. The work will be concluded, meeting the expected local content index for the Búzios field, in the Santos Basin, where the platform will be installed. The platform is expected to be delivered in 2024, with production starting in 2025.

“The P-78 is the first of Petrobras' new generation of FPSOs, the result of more than ten years of learning in the design, construction, start-up and operation cycles of pre-salt production platforms. The unit incorporates the best technical and engineering management solutions identified through the Reference Project corporate program, which culminated in the definition of a production unit model to be used in the pre-salt layer. For the reference FPSO, we focused on maximizing the economic value of production development projects, while incorporating new low-carbon technologies, greater efficiency and making the systems compatible with the magnitude and complexity of the wells in the Búzios field”, stated the Development Director of Petrobras production, João Henrique Rittershaussen.

The P-78 platform vessel will have a daily processing capacity of 180 barrels of oil and 7,2 million m³ of gas

With a daily processing capacity of 180 barrels of oil and 7,2 million m³ of gas, the P-78 incorporates solutions that include increased energy efficiency, new technologies for separating and reinjecting CO2, reducing routine burning , among others. The project also provides for the interconnection of 13 wells to the FPSO, of which 6 are producers and 7 are injectors, through an underwater infrastructure comprising rigid production and injection pipelines and flexible service pipelines.

Campo de Búzios is a world-class asset, and should reach the end of the decade with daily production above 2 million barrels of oil equivalent per day

The Búzios field is a world-class asset, with substantial reserves, low risk and low extraction costs. It should reach the end of the decade with daily production above 2 million barrels of oil equivalent per day, making it Petrobras' asset with the highest production.

Currently, there are four units in operation in Búzios, which account for more than 30% of Petrobras' total production. The fifth and sixth platforms planned for the field (FPSOs Almirante Barroso and Almirante Tamandaré) are under construction. The modules of the eighth unit (FPSO P-79) will start to be manufactured in 2021, while the ninth unit (FPSOs P-80) is in the hiring process.